Going Beyond Words, now in it’s 21st year offers three very different compositions to celebrate the Fifth Sunday in Lent. The composers represented are Francis Poulenc, Charles Gounod, and Johann Sebastian Bach. Stream this award winning choral program with host Stanley Schmidt (a Life Member of ACDA) this Sunday, April 6, 2014, at […]
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Conference Morsel: Great Music on CPDL
(An excerpt from the interest session “It’s Not Just Old Music: Discovering Quality and Engaging Music on CPDL,” presented by Ryan Kelly during the 2014 ACDA Southwestern Division Conference) It is easy to disregard certain pieces on CPDL because their scorings do not exactly match what one’s choirs typically perform. Think creatively, however, and […]
ACDA & Nationwide
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Try not to dance to these rhythms – Bohemian Highway – SATB acappella
A fun and energetic piece with a rhythmic melody that gets bounced back and forth between the different sections of the choir. An absolute crowd pleasure that works particularly well as an encore number. Great for collegiate or advanced high school groups, or a quartet looking for a challenge. Hear the piece and see […]
Retirement
Awhile back I wrote a post about the dos and don’ts of leaving a conducting or music teaching job. Some interesting discussion was generated from that post, and I think some good things came out of it. The main conclusion I came to was that leaving a job is not a passive endeavor. One must […]
Conference Morsel: Genuine Inspiration
(An excerpt from the interest session “Inspiration: Look Beyond the Page,” presented by Tom Wine during the 2014 ACDA Southwestern Division Conference) Inspiration. Where does it come from and how can it be taught to singers in a choir? Defining the element which singers will identify as the source of inspiration is always […]